A stress-head and admin haters guide to enrolling to vote
Photo credit: jeshoots-com--2vD8lIhdnw-unsplash.jpg Admin is my least favourite thing. The thought of filling out forms, as basic or...
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Joseph Misuraca
- Nov 20, 2021
- 4 min
Melbourne Uni’s Menzies Institute opens despite student union protests
"Melbourne University Cloister" by Chris_Samuel is licensed under CC BY 2.0 The Menzies Institute opened on Thursday November 18 at the...
Faith Macale
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
BTS expresses their hope for future generations at the UN
BTS at the UN. Credit: @BTS_official on Twitter On September 20, the boy band BTS joined South Korean President Moon Jae In for the...
Sarah Liversidge
- Oct 2, 2021
- 4 min
Federal Court decision puts academic freedom in the spotlight
University of Sydney. Credit: Unsplash A recent Federal Court ruling has raised questions for Australian scholars about university codes...
Sam Matthews
- Sep 14, 2021
- 1 min
‘Doesn’t go far enough’: Parliament recommends cannabis decriminalisation
but experts are underwhelmed Photo by Rick Proctor on Unsplash A landmark parliamentary inquiry has called on the Victorian Government to...
Ryan Sambell
- Jan 28, 2021
- 1 min
Thousands Gather In Melbourne To Protest Invasion Day Celebrations
Photo: Invasion Day Protests take place with COVID-safe plan (Ryan Sambell) Thousands of protestors gathered on the steps of Parliament...
Emile Pavlich
- Nov 14, 2020
- 3 min
First Nations’ partnerships would “change the game” for reversing biodiversity loss.
Photo: Rapids on Merri Creek in Fawkner - bushland in the middle of suburbia by John Englart (Takver) is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 The...
Caspar McLeod
- Oct 16, 2020
- 2 min
NZ 2020 General Election Result: Jacinda Ardern re-elected for a second term.
Photo: Jacinda Ardern on Facebook. Jacinda Ardern has won a comfortable election, with her Labour party winning a majority of the 120...
Lilian Bernhardt
- Oct 1, 2020
- 2 min
Refugee slams proposed bill to prohibit mobile phones in detention centres
Photo: pxhere A Kurdish refugee held in the Mantra Hotel in Preston has slammed the proposed federal bill to prohibit mobile phones in...
David Allen
- Sep 30, 2020
- 3 min
Obituary: Melbourne’s COVID-19 Curfew
An empty Southern Cross Station during peak hour earlier this year. (photo: Jeremy Gan) The longest peacetime curfew in Australian...
David Allen
- Sep 24, 2020
- 3 min
Ruth Bader Ginsberg: folk hero in a profession of expensive villains
Image: Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States, Photographer: Steve Petteway The death of Ruth Bader Ginsburg marks the loss...
Jeremy Gan
- Sep 14, 2020
- 1 min
Scenes from the Freedom Walk Protest
Anti-lockdown protesters descended upon Queen Victoria Market. Police countered by flooding the market with officers. The protesters’...
Charlie Williams
- Aug 21, 2020
- 3 min
Power stays in palm of gas industry
As Australians began their lengthy hibernation under lockdown, a crisis briefly forgotten was beginning to show signs of alleviation. The...
Oliver Lees
- Jun 7, 2020
- 2 min
Victorian State Library lit by candlelight as hundreds remembers victims of Tiananmen Square protest
One of many signs displayed on the steps of the Victorian State Library, June 4 2020. The recently proposed national security laws in...
Jeremy Gan
- Jun 7, 2020
- 1 min
Photo Essay: Scenes from Melbourne’s Black Lives Matter Protest
Clad with face masks, huddled shoulder to shoulder in front of the steps of Parliament House. Thousands across Australia defied social...
Caspar Mcleod
- Jun 6, 2020
- 2 min
'We can’t breathe. Get off our backs!' - Black Lives Matter protest swamps Melbourne CBD
A sign reading ‘Our Voices Will Be Heard’. (Photo: Caspar McLeod) Thousands marched on Nicholson Street in Melbourne’s CBD today in a...
Caspar McLeod
- Jun 5, 2020
- 6 min
Are we living in 2020 or 1920?
Are we living in 2020 or 1920? Because it’s honestly difficult to tell the difference between the two in recent months. Discrimination...
Riley Barber
- Jun 5, 2020
- 3 min
New York Times reporters stage a protest of their own
New York Times journalists spoke out against the publication over a controversial opinion piece calling for Trump to “send in the...
Nicolas Zoumboulis
- May 31, 2020
- 3 min
Hundreds rally against 5G and vaccinations at Wake Up Australia – Millions March
Photo by Nicolas Zoumboulis Hundreds gathered at rallies across Australia on Saturday to protest against 5G and vaccinations. The “Wake...
Sean Mortell and Riley Barber
- May 3, 2020
- 4 min
Confusion, log-ins from Russia and suspicious bank transfers
is ‘Houseparty’ to blame for the recent spate of hacks? Alison Whan had nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon. With the coronavirus...
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